Rope-clamp.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

A. M. AGKLIN.

ROPE ULAMP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 4, 1904.

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INVENTOR.

WITNESSES.

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ALFRED M. AOKLIN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNQB TU lll lYli AND PATTERSON, INCORPORATED, OF PllllllSllUlrtCr, PENNSYLVi-llilA, CHARTERED UNDER THE LAWS OF PENNSYLVANlA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,564, dated February 2a, 1905,

Application filed August 4, 1904. Serial No. 219,568.

TO Z/ (IOTWWW/I prevent the slipping of the keg or barrel. :ln 5

Be it known that l, ALFRED M. AGKLIN, a order to drive the conveyor, the cable 7 is emresident of :Pittsburg, in the county of Alleployed, which is connected to the trucks at or gheny and State 01 Pennsylvania, have inadjacent to the mid-point, as indicated.

5 vented anew and usefulImprovementin .lrtope- Depending from the truck L and secured Clamps; and I do hereby declare the followthereto is the bracket 8, throijigh which passes 55 big to be a full, clear, and exact description the pin 9, held in place by the split keys 10. thereof. A strap or stirrup ll, U-shaped in form, is

My invention relates to rope-clamps, and supported by the pin 9, and incloscd by said 10 more especially to rope-claimjis used in constrapis thewedgeblock '12. Tlhecablei rests nection with conveying mechanism where it in the closed end of the stirrup '11, and interis desired to drive the conveyor by means of posed between said cable and wedge-block '12 an endless cable, its object being to provide is the clamping-piece 13, said clamping-piece a rope-clamp which will not engage the drivbeing slightly bow-shaped and conforming on 5 ing pulleys or sheaves, thereby providing for its inner face to the rounded Form of the cable a more even movement of the conveyer and 7. A wedge is driven between the block 5 involving less wear and tear upon the pulleys 12 and clam iing-piecc .13. In assembling the or sheaves. parts this wedge 15 is driven in last and acts To these ends my invention comprises the to cause the cable to conform to the bowshape novel features hereinafter set forth and of the clamping-piece 13, which draws up the claimed. cable at that point, while at the same time the 7 To enable others skilled in the art to make lower end of the hai'igerll and clamping-piece and use my invention, Iwill describe the same 13 are so elevated as not to engage with the more fully, with reference to the accompanypulley 16, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2. 5 ing drawings, in which I have illustrated my invention in connec- Figure 1 is a portion of a conveyor and pultion with the pulley .16 where the cable turns, 7 5 ley or sheave, showing my improved clamp as and in order to make the turnproperly at this appliedtothe cablepassingaroundsaidpulley. point a guide-track 17 is enniloyed, with Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1; which the wheels 3 oi the conveyer-trucks en- 3 and Figs. 3, 4E, and 5 are details of my im- By my invention, therefore, the conproved clamp. veyer-trucks are clamped to the cable, so as Like nun'ierals indicate like parts in each tobe securely connected thereto, while at the figure. same time the clamps are in such a position I have illustrated my invention in connecas not to engage with the pulleys, and as a contion with a con veyer device such as is suitable sequence a more even l'lll'llllllg ol the conveyor For conveying kegs of nails, I'lou r, or other mais obtained, while at the same time the wear on 8 5 terial from one point to another, and as my the pulleys is greatly reduced. invention relates only to the clamping device It is apparent that my invention may be ap' l. have only illustrated one section of such a plied to other forms oi conveyers with equal 4 conveyer. The track on which the conveyer facility.

travels consists of the channel-beams 2, facing What .l claim so each other, the lower flanges o'tsaid channel- 1. in a rope-(damp, the combination of a beams acting as rails orsup giorts for the wheels stirrup adapted to engage the cable, a clamp 3 of the conveyer-trucks 0r carriages. Supin said stirrup and means For creating a bow ported on the trncks'are the pans or trays 5, in the cable at point of clamping.

which in the form illustrated are slightly 2. in a rope-clamp, the combination of a curved, so as to conform to the shape of a keg stirrup adapted to engage the cable, a bowed or barrel, and said pans are provided with clamping-block in said stirrup and means for suitable projections 6, which are adapted to drawing said cable up to engage said block.

3. In a rope-clamp, the combination of a stirrup adapted to engage the cable, a bowed clam ping-block in said stirrup havinga curved inner face, and means for drawing said cable up to engage said curved face.

4. In a rope-clamp, the combination of a U-shaped stirrup adapted to engage the cable, a bowed clamping-block in said stirrup, and means for drawing said cable up to engage said block.

5. In a ropeclamp, the combination of a U-shaped stirrup adapted to engage the cable, a bowed clamping-block in said stirrup, a wedge-block, and a wedge inserted between said clamping-block and wedge-block.

6. In a rope-clamp, the combination of a U-shaped stirrup adapted to engage the cable, a bowed clamping-dog in said stirrup having shoulders with which said stirrup engages,

and means for drawing said cable iip to engage said clamping-block.

7. In a rope-clamp, the combination of a U-shaped stirrup adapted to engage the cable, a bowed clamping-dog in said stirrup having recesses engaged by said hanger, and means for drawing said cable up to engage said clamping-block.

8. In a rope-clamp, the combination of a U-shaped stirrup, a wedge-block supported within said stirrup, a bowed clamping-block, and a wedge inserted between said clamping block and wedge-block.

In testimony whereof I, the said ALFRED M. AoKLIN, have hereunto set my hand.

ALFRED M. ACKLIN.

Witnesses:

ROBERT C. TOTTEN, JOHN R. KELLER. 

